Sakai: Assignments

Assignments

The Assignments tool provides the following for instructors and students:

Instructors can easily collect student papers or files (such as documents and pdf's)
Instructors can use the Turnitin feature to check student submissions for plagiarism
Instructors can grade submitted student papers and files online
Students can see their Assignment grade and instructor feedback online, at anytime

How to Setup an Assignment in Sakai: Video | Handout
- Both the video and Handout contain information on how to set up the Turnitin feature, the plagiarism checker
How to Grade an Assignment in Sakai: Video | Handout
Create, Grade, and Download Multiple Submissions and Grade Assignments (University of Florida)

Allow One or More Students to Resubmit an Assignment (pdf)
- Note: Students can not resubmit assignments that are using the Turnitin feature.
Return a Submission to a Student for Editing (University of Florida)
Why can't my student resubmit their assignment? (February, 2014)
How can I submit an Assignment on Behalf of a Student (Loyola)
- Note: Submitting an assignment for a student works correctly with assignments except for those using the Turnitin feature.

What do students need to know about Turnitin? Check out our Student Sakai Turnitin info
How do you set up Turnitin? Follow these instructions for using the Turnitin feature with the Assignments tool: Video | Handout
How do you grade Turnitin Assignments?
- After setting up your Turnitin Assignment following the instructions above, become aware of the basics of grading Assignments: How to Grade an Assignment in Sakai: Video | Handout
  - Click on Assignments, under your Assignment title, click on Grade.
    - You'll see a new column for each student submission. The column is located next to the Grade column, and is called Turnitin.
    - Below the Turnitin column, you'll see a colored icon representing a Turnitin Report; or "no report", if a student didn't submit the assignment.
    - After you click on a student's Turnitin Report, you may have to click on Accept, to access the student's report.
      - Next, a new browser tab will open, and by default, will display the Originality Report.
      - To find out how to use the Originality report, you can review Turnitin's Instructor Originality Check information
      - For advanced grading, you can also use Turnitin's Grademark tool to add comments to your student's Turnitin Reports.
        For information on how to use the Grademark tool, you can review Turnitin's Instructor Grademark information